In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, in relation to England and Wales—

• F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F2“Assembly constituency” has the same meaning as in the 1999 Act (see section 2(4) and (5) of that Act);

• F2“Authority election” means—

  1. a

     any election of the Mayor of London;

  2. b

     any election of a constituency member of the London Assembly; or

  3. c

     the election of the London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election;

• F2“constituency member”, in relation to the London Assembly, has the same meaning as in the 1999 Act;

• F2“election of a constituency member of the London Assembly” means—

  1. a

     any such election at an ordinary election; or

  2. b

     an election under section 10 of the 1999 Act (election to fill a vacancy in an Assembly constituency);

• F2“election of the Mayor of London” means—

  1. a

     any such election at an ordinary election; or

  2. b

     an election under section 16 of the 1999 Act (election to fill a vacancy in the office of Mayor of London);

• F3“electoral area” means

  1. a

     F20in England, any electoral division or ward or, in the case of a parish in which there are no wards, the parish, for which the election of councillors is held under the local government Act;

  2. aa

     F20in Wales, any electoral ward of a county council or county borough council or community ward or, in the case of a community in which there are no wards, the community, for which the election of councillors is held under the local government Act;

  3. b

     F4Greater London, in the case of—

     1. i

        any election of the Mayor of London; or

     2. ii

        the election of the London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election;

  4. c

     any Assembly constituency for which the election of a constituency member of the London Assembly is held;

• F22“EU citizen with retained rights” has the meaning given by section 203B;

• “local authority” means F5the Greater London Authority, a county council F6a county borough council,, F7. . . a district council, a London borough council F8 . . . or a parish or community council;

• “local government Act” means the M1Local Government Act 1972 F9 . . .;

• “local government area” means F10Greater London,a county F11county borough,, London borough F12. . . , district, parish or community;

• “local government election” means

  1. a

     F13 the election of councillors for any electoral area F14; or

  2. b

     any Authority election

• F2“London member”, in relation to the London Assembly, has the same meaning as in the 1999 Act;

• F22“qualifying EU citizen” has the meaning given by section 203A;

• F19“qualifying foreign citizen” means a person who—

  1. (a)

     is not a Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a relevant citizen of the Union, and

  2. (b)

     either—

     1. (i)

        is not a person who requires leave under the Immigration Act 1971 to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, or

     2. (ii)

        is such a person but for the time being has (or is, by virtue of any enactment, to be treated as having) any description of such leave.

• F21“simple majority system” has the meaning given by section 6(1) of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;

• ”single transferable vote system” has the meaning given by section 6(2) of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.

• F2“the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999;

Any reference in this Act to a registered political party submitting a list of candidates to be London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election shall be construed in accordance with section 4(5)(a) of, and Part II of Schedule 2 to, the 1999 Act; and related expressions shall be construed accordingly.

The modifications made by subsection (2) above do not affect section 52(4) above.

For the purposes of section 265 of the M2Local Government Act 1972 (application to Isles of Scilly) the provisions of this Act as to rules made by the Secretary of State under section 36 above shall be deemed to be contained in a public general Act relating to local government.